EAST RUTHERFORD - Odell Beckham Jr.'s season has ended in frustration again, but not without the Giants' star wide receiver promising to make 2019 his best.

A fluke injury essentially ended Beckham's season last month when he was leg-whipped on the final play of the Giants' 25-22 loss to the Eagles in Philadelphia. No penalty was called, and Beckham played through the following week, helping the Giants beat the NFC North champion Bears and keep their faint playoff hopes alive.

Things took a turn for Beckham that week in practice, however, when he felt a tweak in his left quadriceps. Beckham underwent treatment after sitting out practice two days before the Giants' game at the Redskins, and the hope was that he would be able to travel and play following additional rest and treatment.

That didn't happen, and the injury worsened, leading the Giants to declare Beckham out of the first of four games, ultimately bringing a disappointing season to a close.

"It's obviously not the way I wanted to end the season," said Beckham, who signed a five-year extension worth up to $95 million, including $60 million guaranteed. "You know, you train all offseason for these 16 games, plus the chance to go to the playoffs, and it's definitely not how I want to end the season. Disappointed, myself, teammates, everybody, just the whole community, this is not how I wanted to end it, but on a positive note it leaves a huge chip on my shoulder for next year. Just the things I know I'm capable of doing, it's just time to do 'em and put my best foot forward next year. I think next year will be the best year I've had in my entire career, so, that's the only positive I could take from all of it. I wish that I could be playing, but it is what it is."

The Giants' star wide receiver has missed 21 games in what has been a record-setting five-year career. While the Giants (5-10) have lost double-digit games for the fourth time in five seasons since he was drafted, Beckham believes in the potential of this team - especially if he has something to say about it as a significant presence within the offense.

"The sky's the limit," said Beckham, who finished with 77 catches for 1,052 yards and six touchdowns. He also threw a pair of touchdowns. "I know that next year's gonna be tough on everybody I play, and that's just how I feel, that's how I'm coming."

Beckham has talked previously about his goals to win Super Bowls and reach the Hall of Fame. Now five seasons in, the one playoff game the Giants reached since his arrival in 2016 did not go so well. He has spent the two years that have followed the Giants' loss in Green Bay with a desire to atone for the worst game of his career.

That motivation will carry into next season.

"You just stay in the moment. Obviously you think about the end [of a career], but I'm trying to play until I surpass Jerry [Rice], that's the goal," Beckham said. "However long that takes, I feel like I'm capable of doing it. I mean, to come back from major ankle surgery and have this, this is nothing. It just took me out of the last four games of the season - not to say it's not serious, because it obviously kept me out, but I'll be fine."

Beckham, 26, has 390 receptions for 5,476 yards and 44 touchdowns.

Rice played for 19 seasons and finished his Hall of Fame career with 1,549 receptions for 22,895 yards and 197 TDs.

"I say it's gonna be my year every year until it is gonna be my year. Next year's gonna be my year," Beckham added. "And if it's not next year, the year after will. That's the goal every year."

Beckham was asked Friday if he wants Eli Manning to return as quarterback.

“I love Eli,” he said. “At the end of the day, I want him to be able to go home and talk trash to his brothers. When it’s his time to go out, I want him to go out the right way. I want him to go out with a trophy so he can go home and — not rub it in their face — but he’s got three rings and they’ve got two, whatever it is. That’s how I want him to finish.

“It has nothing to do with me. It’s not my call. I’m just a receiver. That's above my pay grade.”

The Giants will take the field for the last time in 2018 on Sunday against the Cowboys without Beckham in the lineup. The challenge for Big Blue is to come back in the spring ready to prove the franchise has turned the corner, and that includes Beckham, who has been relegated to spectator duty by injury at season's end each of the last two years.

“You're right there, but you can't get over that hump," Beckham said. "So, I know that my goal is to bring my A, A, A-plus game next year. Like I said, I don’t care who’s in front of me next year. I’m coming, that’s just the bottom line. Since it didn't go the way we wanted, it definitely didn't go the way I wanted personally, but you take it as a learning lesson and you keep on moving.”